ASHA Strategic Plan

Issue D

Second Quarter Progress Report (April-June, 2006)

ISSUE D: Rapid increase in the knowledge and skill sets needed to provide quality professional services in a culturally competent manner across various practice settings will lead to specialization areas of clinical practice related to communication sciences and disorders.

2^nd Quarter Highlights

• Approved ASHA professional development programs for 2007 on "Second Language Acquisition in Preschool Children" and "Phonological Impairments in Spanish Speakers."
• Information related to multicultural issues and linguistic and cultural diversity were submitted for inclusion in the bimonthly publication Access Academics & Research.
• A new working group was formed to write a knowledge and skill document on counseling families of infants and young children with hearing loss.
• Recommended new committees be formed in the areas of social communication and supervision to develop knowledge and skill sets in these areas.
• The Ad Hoc Committee on Early Intervention has developed a draft set of knowledge and skills to submit for peer review.
• Completed a conference call presentation about knowledge and skills and professional issues related to telepractice for speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the Veteran’s Administration who participated on their monthly telehealth conference call.

There are 12 strategies in the work plan for Issue D. Following is the status for the 1^st and 2^nd quarter.

NOTE:  Many of the strategies included in the Strategic Plan work plan are ongoing. Please access the 2006 work plan to review all of the strategies being implemented.